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Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island

1994-01-01
5.2
en 75m
DocumentaryTV Movie
If you're arrested in New York City and can't make bail, you'll be sent to Rikers Island -- a mammoth holding facility for 17,000 men and women awaiting trial. TV journalist Jon Alpert spent ten months filming there, coming away with a graphic and unblinking portrait of life inside America's largest jail complex, including a moving look at the human faces behind the statistics.

Producer

Nina Rosenblum

Director

Jon Alpert

Executive Producer

Sheila Nevins

Director

Nina Rosenblum

Producer

Jon Alpert

new york city rikers

Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

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